Uncles racism and use of the n word. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. As state after state sets record for new covid cases, the entire Republican Party right now is trapped in an extremely dangerous cycle of denialism. The u. S. Suffering the worst outbreak in the world. Republican Governor Brian Kemp just banned local governments from mandating that masks be worn in public as cases are rising in that state with more than 3,400 new cases reported just today. Hospitalizations in georgia hitting a new record, over 2,800. Just last week, the mayor of atlanta tested positive for coronavirus, and she issued a directive requiring masks in her city. Georgia is pretty clearly in trouble and Governor Kemps reaction is to try to tear down mayor bottoms order. Tonight government kemp decided to sue atlanta to block the city from enforcing its mask mandate. Thats where we are right now. Wearing a mask helping suppress the virus. This many months into the pa